What Trump wants, Trump gets. But this moment is special. He has never wanted anything quite so much as the Plaza. It has been his obsession for more than a decade because, as he says, ”This isn’t just a building. It’s the ultimate work of art. I was in love with it.’ And there was another reason: The $400 million purchase of the legendary hotel conferred upon Donald J. Trump and his glitzy empire a social cachet beyond price. ‘I tore myself up to get the Plaza,” Trump says.

In the movie, Macaulay Culkin’s character, Kevin, gets a room at the Plaza using his father’s credit card, charging $967 for room service.